Hiab supplies Australian Rock Logistics with thirty HIAB cranes

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has received an order for 30 HIAB loader cranes from an Australian national logistics company Rock Logistics Pty Ltd. The order consists of HIAB X-HiDuo 099, HIAB X-HiDuo 122 and HIAB X-HiDuo 144 loader cranes, and has been booked into Cargotec's Q3 order intake.

Rock Logistics has been Hiab's customer for almost ten years. The company is based in Melbourne, and has transport contracts in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland.

"Our Director Chas Kelly and customers place the highest level of importance on OH&S requirements and we consistently found Hiab the best provider to meet these needs," said Jason Sams, Business Manager at Rock Logistics.

The HIAB loader cranes offer Rock Logistics exceptional combination of power and precision, as well as advanced HiDuo control systems. Rock Logistics will be using the HIAB loader cranes in steel transport.

"Rock Logistics has been a long term client of Hiab Australia and over the years we have built a very strong relationship and understanding of their loader crane requirements. Rock prides themselves as industry leaders and we are of course proud to be there supplier of choice," said Brett Porteous, National Key Accounts Manager, APAC Sales, Hiab.

The cranes deliveries to Rock Logistics have started in November 2015.

Hiab is the world's leading provider of on-road load handling equipment. Customer satisfaction is the first priority for us. Around 2,600 professionals at Hiab work to provide high-performance products and services that meet customer needs globally. Our product range includes HIAB loader cranes, JONSERED recycling and forestry cranes, LOGLIFT forestry cranes, MOFFETT truck mounted forklifts and MULTILIFT demountables, as well as DEL, WALTCO and ZEPRO tail lifts. www.hiab.com

Hiab is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's sales totalled approximately EUR 3.4 billion in 2014 and it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com